Norway Mulls Regulations that Exceed Reach

8:50 AM MST | November 15, 2007 |

Alex Scott

Norway’s safety regulations for chemicals could go beyond controls stipulated under the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program, according to Erik Solheim, Norway’s new environment minister, reports say. The exact details of how Norway’s regulations could go beyond Reach, were not disclosed. "If there are opportunities to go further [than Reach] with specifically Norwegian regulations, I think we should consider the possibility," Solheim says. Solheim is an advocate of a...